<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/03-17/05-lupus-research.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories>Research</categories><pubDate>03/17/2026 04:00:00 AM</pubDate><title>Lupus Research—Linking Clinical Care and Scientific Study</title><sub-title/><description>University Hospital at Downstate provides care for many patients living with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This chronic autoimmune disease affects women at higher rates and occurs more frequently among Black and Hispanic populations.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/03-17/_images/roman-huan-feurman.png" alt="photo collage of three people"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2026/03-17/05-lupus-research.xml</loc><tags><tag>Research</tag></tags><categories><category>Research</category></categories></item>